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Linglib.Fragments.Japanese.Pronouns

watashi — 1sg neutral/polite.

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    boku — 1sg informal, masculine-associated via register (no inherent gender feature; cf. [Och92]).

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      ore — 1sg male very informal. Strongly indexes masculine identity through assertive/coarse interactional stance ([Och92]).

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        私たち watashitachi — 1pl.

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          kimi — 2sg plain.

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            あなた anata — 2sg polite.

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              kare — 3sg masculine.

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                彼女 kanojo — 3sg feminine.

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                  彼ら karera — 3pl.

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                    互い otagai — reciprocal pronoun 'each other, one another'. Formally distinct from the reflexive jibun (自分). This is an NP/argument reciprocal strategy (reciprocal pronoun), unlike languages that mark reciprocity on the verb.

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                        -desu polite copula / -masu polite verbal.

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                          A verb form showing speech-level inflection.

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                                行く iku — "go" (plain).

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                                  行きます ikimasu — "go" (polite).

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                                    theorem Japanese.Pronouns.has_all_persons :
                                    (allPronouns.any fun (x : PersonalPronoun) => x.person == some Person.first) = true (allPronouns.any fun (x : PersonalPronoun) => x.person == some Person.second) = true (allPronouns.any fun (x : PersonalPronoun) => x.person == some Person.third) = true

                                    All three persons are attested.

                                    theorem Japanese.Pronouns.has_both_numbers :
                                    (allPronouns.any fun (x : PersonalPronoun) => x.number == some Number.singular) = true (allPronouns.any fun (x : PersonalPronoun) => x.number == some Number.plural) = true

                                    Both singular and plural are attested.

                                    2nd person pronouns are all second person.

                                    The T/V register distinction is present in 2nd person.